Afghanistan to play inaugural Test in June

Afghanistan earned their Test status in June past year, along with Ireland.

The first-ever India-Afghanistan Test match will be played in June before Virat Kohli's men leave for the tour of Ireland and England, the acting secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Amitabh Choudhary said on Tuesday.

The war-torn nation s team has played the majority of its home games in India, which supported its quest for Test status. "It was only in the fitness of things that Afghanistan opened their global innings in India", he added.

"It will be a historic day for Afghanistan and everybody is waiting for it", Afghanistan cricket board chairman Atif Mashal said in New Delhi.